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mbcabinetmaker wrote:... Now for a couple of cuts to make sure it is cutting straight. It is amazing the difference between a freshly filed saw and an off the shelf saw with stamped teeth. I will apply a fresh coat of Johnson's wax before returning it to my tool box....

Once again your have made an excellent contribution to the Forum! Many thanks from this quarter, and also for all those that will stumble across this thread in the future. Your photos and narrative should be of great help to many!

The use of hand tools as well as keeping them sharp are skills that must be learned - even for Shopsmith users.

Very jealous. Swing by San Diego when your done with yours Mark. You can do all of my sharpening too. Love the maple ribbon!!!

I just referred to this excellent posting along with some other websites for sharpening a very old 22-inch, 10tpi Disston miter saw I got at an antique store. After about 6 hours of work (here and there), the old saw slices through wood with a satisfying "buzz" felt all through the arm (this is cited as an indication that the teeth are really jointed level).
The antique-store purchase also included a 1904-patented Stanley 60-1/2 miter jig which I've been de-rusting. A future forum posting will show the whole rig. Really interesting and good exercise....

Excellent tutorial - I have always wondered how to get my Grandpa's saw sharpened, and now I have something of a challenge. I'll make the old saw sharp someday for sure. Thanks.

I second that. Great tutorial for all for us with pictures.
Thank you very much.

Nice work. Thanks for sharing.

nuhobby wrote:I just referred to this excellent posting along with some other websites for sharpening a very old 22-inch, 10tpi Disston miter saw I got at an antique store. After about 6 hours of work (here and there), the old saw slices through wood with a satisfying "buzz" felt all through the arm (this is cited as an indication that the teeth are really jointed level).
The antique-store purchase also included a 1904-patented Stanley 60-1/2 miter jig which I've been de-rusting. A future forum posting will show the whole rig. Really interesting and good exercise....

Well here it is.... for $10 couldn't pass it up at the antique store. It's not a concours restoration but it's highly functional...

The Stanley No. 60-1/2 miter box and Disston miter saw:
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The first of some 45-degree test cuts (the machine says setting "4" for a 4-sided frame cut):
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Checking the first 2 cuts and the 3 pieces produced:
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The beauty of the big old saw is that its weight helps do the work. On the left is a smooth cut done just with the weight of the saw. On the right is a rougher cut with some bearing down on the hard maple:

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nuhobby wrote:Well here it is.... for $10 couldn't pass it up at the antique store. It's not a concours restoration but it's highly functional...

The Stanley No. 60-1/2 miter box and Disston miter saw:
[ATTACH]13746[/ATTACH]

The first of some 45-degree test cuts (the machine says setting "4" for a 4-sided frame cut):
[ATTACH]13747[/ATTACH]

Checking the first 2 cuts and the 3 pieces produced:
[ATTACH]13749[/ATTACH]

The beauty of the big old saw is that its weight helps do the work. On the left is a smooth cut done just with the weight of the saw. On the right is a rougher cut with some bearing down on the hard maple:

[ATTACH]13750[/ATTACH]

What is the attached picture of? Test cuts? Doesn't look like anything to do with a saw? What am I missing? Is this some type of planer?

wannabewoodworker wrote:What is the attached picture of? Test cuts? Doesn't look like anything to do with a saw? What am I missing? Is this some type of planer?

My bad! I grabbed an old photo during image-uploads and couldn't delete it somehow. This was part of another project from last year. I still have that plane but use it just occasionally, like on rosewood where the extra mass seems to help:
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=5799